Head Coach Bob Huggins isn't shy about the potential of this year's edition of the West Virginia basketball team. But when asked if he believed his team was ready to take on the season opening matchup with Gonzaga today, the answer was to the point.

"I'd rather not," he said.

West Virginia opens the season Nov. 12 in a midnight matchup with the Bulldogs, after the Mountaineers fell 77-54 in the second round of the NCAA tournament with the Zags to end last year. And the matchup should provide quite the challenge for the Mountaineers.